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The Walking Dead (1936)

66 min · Horror, horror film, science fiction film

Popularity3.5/5
12-month trend2.7k921Expand

12-month trend

Monthly article views

2.7k02025-09: 1,145 views2025-10: 2,656 views2025-11: 1,533 views2025-12: 1,384 views2026-01: 986 views2026-02: 933 views2026-03: 1,123 views2026-04: 921 views2026-05: 2,479 views2026-06: 1,126 views2026-07: 1,184 views2026-08: 1,341 views
Sep1.1kOct2.7kNov1.5kDec1.4kJan986Feb933Mar1.1kApr921May2.5kJun1.1kJul1.2kAug1.3k

2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Michael Curtiz

Cast

Boris Karloff, Ricardo Cortez, Edmund Gwenn, Marguerite Churchill

The story

After Judge Roger Shaw finds a man guilty of diverting and misappropriating public funds and sentences him to ten years with no parole, a plan is hatched to get back at Shaw with murder by a gang of racketeers. John Ellman, recently released after being jailed by Shaw for ten years after striking a man that led to his death, is asked to take watch of Shaw for supposed infidelity. Shaw is shot and killed in his car with Ellman found at the scene of the crime (having heard the crash) and assumed to be the murderer; Nancy and Jimmy, a young couple working for Dr.

Catalogue themes and tags

Horror, Black-and-white, Supernatural

Genres

Horror, horror film, science fiction film

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